Occupy Wall Street Thread Reposted

And don't forget to give me my "it was manufactured by a child slave" discount.

...and a good conservative would have bet on them dying.

Then bribed doctors to withhold treatment.

What is it with USA and the amount of people in prison? It's more than twice as high as the next country? How come is that?

And don't forget to give me my "it was manufactured by a child slave" discount.

But what you state above is wrong. Most of those countries are well regulated in financial respect. It varies widely among them, though.

Regulations are necessary to smooth the rough edges of capitalism, but by and large countries over-regulate, and there is a reason for this - creating barriers allows politicians to charge tolls to get around them. Excessive regulation goes hand in hand with corruption.

Also, Norway and Sweden are great countries to live in, no argument there. But they are also somewhat special cases because of oil. Norway is the 3rd biggest oil exporter, and they have been very smart about how they use the money. Sweden does not benefit from this directly but free trade with Norway gives them comparative advantage in every other industry.

"and they have been very smart about how they use the money."...thats because they are what you call Socialist, they make collective decisions about national priorities.

While we were pissing away our Capital on Pets.com, useless giant mergers, miles of unused fibre networks, and endless condo complexes and strip malls that now sit empty and rotting..what were they doing with theirs? education, infrastructure , basic research, alternative energy, Health care..etc etc. But hey at least you get to call them socialists, that must comfort you crackaddict.

While we were pissing away our Capital on Pets.com, useless giant mergers, miles of unused fibre networks, and endless condo complexes and strip malls that now sit empty and rotting

An aside:
Starting today, many prison inmates in the USA who received disproportionately harsh sentences for crack cocaine will be released and/or have their sentences reduced. In the USA, powdered cocaine is generally used by more affluent white people who can afford the high cost, while crack cocaine is more generally used by poor individuals of color. Thus as a form of class and racial discrimination, the USA instituted legislation and sentencing guidelines to give much longer prison sentences to those convicted with crack cocaine vs. those convicted of powdered coke.

While we were pissing away our Capital on Pets.com, useless giant mergers, miles of unused fibre networks, and endless condo complexes and strip malls that now sit empty and rotting..

"While we were pissing away our Capital on Pets.com, useless giant mergers, miles of unused fibre networks, and endless condo complexes and strip malls that now sit empty and rotting.."

How about them green jobs, eh? Don't forget that, but of course you won't mention that. Or the "shovel-ready jobs" promised by the liar-in-chief!

This is the problem with government economists - they are "bad economists" according to Von Mises - they see what is openly visible but they ignore the hidden. The same with employment - when the Government creates a job, they see that as an increase in employment, but they do not see what is lost by taking money out of the private sector.